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**Turnout**

- Map 1 Turnout 2009, by borough
- Map 2 Change in turnout 2004-2009, by borough

**Result**

- Table 3 Summary of election results 1999-2009, London
- Table 4 Order of winning seats, London 2009
- Figure 5 Shares of votes, 2009, London and UK
- Figure 6 Share of vote for main parties by UK region, 2009

**London voting trends 1999-2009**

- Figure 7 Share of votes for main parties, UK 1999 to 2009
- Figure 8 Share of votes for main parties, London 1999 to 2009
- Figure 9 Total votes for main parties, London 1999 to 2009

**Party performance**

- Map 10 Conservative share 2009, by borough
- Map 11 Change in Conservative share 2004-2009, by borough
- Map 12 Labour share 2009, by borough
- Map 13 Change in Labour share 2004-2009, by borough
- Map 14 Liberal Democrats share 2009, by borough
- Map 15 Change in Liberal Democrats share 2004-2009, by borough
- Map 16 Green Party share 2009, by borough
- Map 17 Change in Green Party share 2004-2009, by borough
- Map 18 UKIP share 2009, by borough
- Map 19 Change in UKIP share 2004-2009, by borough
- Map 20 BNP share 2009, by borough
- Map 21 Change in BNP share 2004-2009, by borough

**Detailed tables**

- Table 22 Share of votes by borough, 2009
- Table 23 Share of votes by borough, 2004
- Table 24 Summary of party votes with share, 2004 and 2009
- Table 25 Summary of party votes, UK and London, 2009

**Appendices**

- Appendix Table A1 Candidates in London
- Appendix Map A2 The London boroughs The 2009 European Election

The European Parliamentary Election took place on 4 June 2009 in the UK. The results were announced on 7 June to coincide with the other results around Europe. Over 15 million UK residents voted in the election, while around 1.75 million Londoners voted. Initial results were published on the Regional Returning Officer’s website, and this briefing gives further detail of the results, and compares them with those from recent European elections.

Voting data for each of the London boroughs and the City are available, though unlike 2004, there is no ward data available. This is simply because in 2004 there were other elections taking place on the same day that required ward data to be collected, but in 2009, when the election was the only one running on that day, there was no reason to collect this data. Indeed, London is a single constituency in this election.

In 2004 London’s representation reduced from ten to nine seats from 1999, and in 2009, it reduced further to eight seats. In England, Scotland and Wales the voting system for the European elections is proportional representation - regional closed list. This means that political parties put forward names of candidates in rank order, the number of candidates being no more than the number of seats allowed for each region. In each region the allocated seats are awarded using a quota system. The quota is the total number of votes received by a party or independent candidate divided by the number of seats already gained in that region plus one. Further details of nominated candidates and parties are listed at the back in Table A1.

Turnout

Turnout for the election in London was 33.5 per cent - just slightly lower than the UK overall (34.7 per cent). The highest turnouts at a regional level were in Northern Ireland (42.8 per cent), South West (39.0 per cent) and the East of England (38.0 per cent), while the lowest were in Scotland (28.6 per cent), Wales (30.5 per cent) and the North East (30.5 per cent).

The London turnout was down on the 2004 figure of 37.6 per cent, but much higher than in 1999 when it was just 23.0 per cent. There were around 134,000 fewer voters from London than 2004 (eight per cent down), though that was expected since the 2009 European election did not take place at the same time as other elections, as it did in 2004.

The highest poll was in Richmond (41.5 per cent), while four other boroughs were over 38 per cent - Harrow, Barnet, Kingston and Merton. The lowest was in Newham (27.3 per cent), followed by Westminster, and Kensington and Chelsea (Map 1).

Kensington and Chelsea (minus eight percentage points), Westminster and Tower Hamlets (both minus seven points) and had the biggest drop in turnout compared with the previous election (Map 2). These boroughs have both diverse and mobile populations, and this could have affected turnout in certain areas. Barking and Dagenham was the only borough to have an increase in turnout, even though the increase was very small (0.1 per cent), while Islington’s poll barely altered. The Conservatives had the highest share of the vote at 27 per cent, and they gained three seats, the same as 2004, though their share increased slightly over the previous election. The only change in seats won, compared with 2004, was by the Labour party who lost a seat (there was no gain to balance this out due to the loss of one seat in the London region) (Table 3). Labour’s share fell in 2009 by 3.5 percentage points to 21 per cent, while the Liberal Democrats’ share fell by two percentage points to 14 per cent. The Green Party share increased again, as it did between 1999 and 2004, though they remain with one seat. UKIP also kept one seat even though their share decreased by 1.5 percentage points.

Table 3 Summary of election results 1999-2009, London

| Party | 2009 Votes | 2009 % | 2009 Seats | 2004 Votes | 2004 % | 2004 Seats | 1999 Votes | 1999 % | 1999 Seats | |------------------------|------------|--------|------------|------------|--------|------------|------------|--------|------------| | Conservative Party | 479,037 | 27.4 | 3 | 32.7 | 4 | | Labour Party | 372,590 | 21.3 | 2 | 35.0 | 4 | | Liberal Democrats | 240,156 | 13.7 | 1 | 11.7 | 1 | | Green Party | 190,589 | 10.9 | 1 | 7.7 | 1 | | UKIP | 188,440 | 10.8 | 1 | 5.4 | 0 | | Others | 280,214 | 16.0 | 0 | 7.5 | 0 | | Total | 1,751,026 | 100 | 8 | 100 | 10 | Table 4 Order of winning seats, London 2009

| Party | Conservative | Labour | Liberal Democrat | Green | UKIP | BNP | CPA | Janan-ayagam | Others | Elected party | Elected candidate | |-------|--------------|--------|------------------|-------|------|-----|-----|--------------|--------|---------------|------------------| | Votes | 479,307 | 372,590| 240,156 | 190,589| 188,440| 86,420| 51,336| 50,014 | 92,446 | Conservative | Charles Tannock (M) | | Elected round 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Conservative | Charles Tannock (M) | | 2 | 239,654 | 372,590 | 240,156 | 190,589 | 188,440 | 86,420 | 51,336 | 50,014 | 92,446 | Labour | Claude Moraes (M) | | Elected round 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Labour | Claude Moraes (M) | | 3 | 239,654 | 186,295 | 240,156 | 190,589 | 188,440 | 86,420 | 51,336 | 50,014 | 92,446 | Liberal Democrat | Sarah Ludford (F) | | Elected round 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Liberal Democrat | Sarah Ludford (F) | | 4 | 239,654 | 186,295 | 120,078 | 190,589 | 188,440 | 86,420 | 51,336 | 50,014 | 92,446 | Conservative | Syed Salah Kamall (M) | | Elected round 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Conservative | Syed Salah Kamall (M) | | 5 | 159,769 | 186,295 | 120,078 | 190,589 | 188,440 | 86,420 | 51,336 | 50,014 | 92,446 | Green | Jean Lambert (F) | | Elected round 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Green | Jean Lambert (F) | | 6 | 159,769 | 186,295 | 120,078 | 95,295 | 188,440 | 86,420 | 51,336 | 50,014 | 92,446 | UKIP | Gerard Batten (M) | | Elected round 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | UKIP | Gerard Batten (M) | | 7 | 159,769 | 186,295 | 120,078 | 95,295 | 94,220 | 86,420 | 51,336 | 50,014 | 92,446 | Labour | Mary Honeyball (F) | | Elected round 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Labour | Mary Honeyball (F) | | 8 | 159,769 | 124,197 | 120,078 | 95,295 | 94,220 | 86,420 | 51,336 | 50,014 | 92,446 | Conservative | Marina Yannakoudakis (F) | | Elected round 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Conservative | Marina Yannakoudakis (F) |

NB Gender of the candidate shown in brackets after their name The European elections are conducted on the basis of proportional representation within regions using a pure form of the d’Hondt formula (there was no lower limit on the percentage of the vote required to gain seats). Thus the Conservatives won the first seat with the highest overall vote, and their total was then divided by two (1 seat plus 1) for the second round. The first person on the Conservative list, Charles Tannock, was thus elected. All other party votes were divided by one (0 seats plus 1). The Labour Party won the second round and so their vote was divided by two for the third round, and so on. Table 4 traces the whole process.

UK Independence Party (UKIP) was the party with the fewest votes to win a seat (188,440 votes or 11 per cent of share). After UKIP, the British National Party (BNP) had the next highest number of votes (86,420 votes, a five per cent share), though there would have had to have been 16 seats available in London before the BNP would have won a seat in London with this number of votes.

London compared with UK voting

As Figure 5 shows the proportion that voted for either the Conservatives or Liberal Democrats was about the same in London as in the UK as a whole. The Conservatives gained share slightly both in London and the UK, while the Liberal Democrats lost a little in both locations since 2004. The Conservative share was highest in the South East but lowest in Scotland and the North East. The Liberal Democrats were relatively consistent across the regions but were highest in the North East and lowest in Wales.

Figure 5 Shares of votes, 2009, London and UK Labour’s share was almost six percentage points higher in London compared with the UK. Furthermore, Labour’s drop in share in London (three points) was not as marked as that seen in the UK (seven points). Since 1999 Labour have lost over 12 points in the UK as a whole (Figure 7). The Labour share in London was much higher than average, and the North East was the only region to have a higher Labour vote. UKIP achieved six percentage points higher share in the UK as a whole, than London. This placed UKIP second nationally, but in London they placed fifth, and furthermore only Scotland had a lower UKIP share than London. UKIP’s share of the UK vote increased slightly over 2004, whereas in London their share fell by two points. The Greens increased share by about the same amount in London and the UK, though their share in London remained higher than that of the UK, with a gap of just over two points, ranking London second nationally, behind the South East. The BNP polled over six per cent of the vote nationally, compared with five in London, making BNP’s share in London one of the lowest, and the increase over 2004 was greater nationally than in London.

Voting for ‘other’ parties in the UK was much higher than in London, predominantly because of UK votes for the Scottish National Party and Plaid Cymru. However, London ranked third for votes for ‘other’ parties among all UK regions (Figure 6 and Table 25).

**London voting trends 1999-2009**

The Conservatives, the Green Party and BNP all increased their share of the vote between 2004 and 2009 whereas the Labour Party, Liberal Democrats, and UKIP all lost share. Of these major parties, only the Green Party and the BNP were able to increase their actual number of votes, due to the reduction in total votes.

Since 1999, of the parties that ran in all three elections, only the Conservatives and Labour have lost share, though Labour’s loss was far greater at 14 percentage points compared with five for Conservative. The biggest gain since 1999 was for UKIP (five points), which means they have doubled their share, though they lost a little between 2004 and 2009. UKIP also increased their number of votes by more than any other party (127,000), though the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and Greens all added more than 100,000 votes over the ten-year-period. The only party to lose any votes was Labour (down 27,000 on 1999) The biggest proportional increase has been by the BNP, whose share since 1999 has trebled, but they started from a much lower base. Even so they still increased their total vote by 68,000.

**Figures 8 and 9 Share and total votes for main parties, London 1999 to 2009** In total, 19 parties (including independents) stood for the European election in London in 2009, far more than in 2004 when just ten parties were involved, though only four more than in 1999. Only six parties have stood in all three, and they are shown in Figures 8 and 9.

Notably, the number of votes for the minor parties has increased in each election since 1999. Excluding the three main parties, the share for the other parties was 21 per cent in 1999, which increased to 33 per cent in 2004, and then 38 per cent in 2009. Respect did not stand for election in 2009 but were a relatively significant player in 2004 when they gained five per cent of the vote (Table 24). This makes the increase in votes for minor parties in 2009 all the more noteworthy.

Performance of the parties

Conservatives

The Conservatives polled 27 per cent of the vote in London, up by one percentage point on 2004. Share varied across London from 14 per cent in Barking and Dagenham to 49 per cent in Kensington and Chelsea - a range of 35 points. The share of the vote in Kensington and Chelsea, and Westminster (42 per cent) ranked as the highest two of any party in any borough. In six boroughs the Conservatives polled over 35 per cent of the vote. In thirteen boroughs the share was less than 25 per cent and these tended to be located in central North London, and East London.

The biggest increase in vote share came in Wandsworth (six points), with five other boroughs having at least a four point increase. In eight boroughs there was a drop in share, though only three of these changed by more than two points (Havering, Brent and Sutton) (Maps 10 and 11).

Maps 10 and 11 Conservatives share 2009, and change in share 2004-2009, by borough Maps 12 and 13 Labour share 2009, and change in share 2004–2009, by borough

Maps 14 and 15 Liberal Democrats share 2009, and change in share 2004–2009, by borough Labour

Labour achieved 21 per cent of the vote in London - the second highest share. This ranged from seven per cent in three boroughs (Sutton, Richmond and Kingston) to 41 per cent in Newham - a range of 34 points. The share in Newham was the third highest for any party at borough level. In four boroughs, Labour polled more than 30 per cent of the vote - all in East London. Labour tended to achieve higher shares of the vote in boroughs that had a relatively low turnout.

The biggest increase was in Tower Hamlets, which saw a massive 16 point increase for Labour offset by the same size drop in support for ‘other’ parties - these are the largest changes that occurred at borough level. Much of this will be down to Respect voters from 2004 (when they gained 21 per cent of the vote), moving their support to Labour. Despite there being similar support for Respect in Newham in 2004, by 2009 those voters appear to be far more spread around other parties, though Labour did gain seven points in Newham. Labour lost share in 28 of the 33 boroughs. Labour’s biggest losses were in Kingston, Richmond and Merton (all eight points) (Maps 12 and 13).

Liberal Democrats

The Liberal Democrats vote averaged 14 per cent across London, and ranged from five per cent in Barking and Dagenham to 31 per cent in Richmond - a range of 26 points. Their greatest support came in three boroughs in South West London - Richmond, Kingston and Sutton, all of which polled over 25 per cent. Liberal Democrat share tended to be higher in areas with a high proportion of Green voters.

The Liberal Democrats only increased their share significantly in two boroughs - Richmond and Haringey (both five percentage points). No other borough increased by more than two points. All but eight boroughs had a drop in share with Tower Hamlets (down 6 points) and Bromley (down five points), having the biggest falls (Maps 14 and 15).

Greens

The Green Party polled 11 per cent of the London vote, which ranged from four per cent in Barking and Dagenham to 23 per cent in Hackney - a range of 19 points. The Greens were generally well supported in Inner London, with high shares in Islington, Lambeth and Lewisham. Other than Barking and Dagenham, Green’s poorest support came from Outer London boroughs of Bexley, Havering, Sutton, Hillingdon and Harrow. The Greens vote tended to be highest where UKIP’s share was lowest.

The biggest increase in share came in Hackney (six percentage points), followed by Lewisham (five points). In only one borough did the Greens lose share, albeit only a slight drop - Barking and Dagenham (down 0.4 points) (Maps 16 and 17).

UKIP

Like the Green Party, UKIP also polled 11 per cent in London. This ranged from four per cent in Haringey to 26 per cent if Havering - a range of 21 points. UKIP were also well supported in Bexley, Bromley and Sutton. Areas of high UKIP share tended to have a low Labour share but a high BNP vote.

UKIP lost share in all but two boroughs - Havering (up two points) and Bromley (up one point). Their biggest fall of six points was in Barking and Dagenham, which was twice the drop of the second biggest faller - Merton (three points) (Maps 18 and 19). Maps 16 and 17 Greens share 2009, and change in share 2004-2009, by borough

Maps 18 and 19 UKIP share 2009, and change in share 2004-2009, by borough The BNP polled just under five per cent of the total vote in London, or equivalent to around 86,000 votes. Their share ranged from just two per cent in seven boroughs to 19 per cent in Barking and Dagenham - a range of 17 points. Haringey had the lowest vote in London of the six largest parties covered in this analysis, at just two per cent. BNP tended to have a higher share in areas where UKIP also achieved a high share.

The BNP only lost share in one borough, though that was very slight (down 0.3 points in Enfield). Barking and Dagenham saw the biggest increase (five points), though Bexley and Havering increased only slightly less (Maps 20 and 21).

Other parties

The Christian Party gained almost twice the share in London than that of the UK, giving them a higher share than anywhere else in Britain, and increased their share since 2004. Their leading support came in Newham and Barking and Dagenham (both five per cent).

Independent candidate Jan Jananayagam polled almost three per cent of the vote in London, though she did not stand outside London. Her total number of votes was more than the combined vote for all other independent candidates across the whole of the UK. Jan Jananayagam polled 11 per cent of the vote in Harrow, placing her third in that borough only behind Conservative and Labour. She also achieved at least seven per cent in each of Brent, Merton, Redbridge, Newham and Ealing - boroughs that tend to have a significant Tamil presence. However, she did not reach a one per cent share in 12 boroughs. The English Democrats had a lower share of the vote in London than any other British region at 1.4 per cent, though they managed three per cent share in both Bexley and Havering. They increased their number of votes by over 50 per cent on 2004.

No2EU: Yes to Democracy, gained a one per cent share in London, the same as the UK average. In each of the 33 boroughs, their share was one per cent.

The only remaining party to gain at least ten thousand votes in London was the Socialist Labour Party. Their share of 0.9 per cent was slightly lower than the national average, though they did manage to gain a two per cent share in Hackney.

### Table 22 Share of votes by borough, 2009

| Authority | Conserv- | Labour | Liberal | Greens | UKIP | BNP | Other parties | Total Votes | |----------------------------|----------|--------|---------|--------|------|-----|---------------|-------------| | | Turnout | | | | | | | | | City of London | 34.8 | 32 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 2,095 | | Barking & Dagenham | 30.9 | 14 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 12 | 35,701 | | Barnet | 38.3 | 39 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 81,618 | | Bexley | 36.2 | 31 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 61,338 | | Brent | 32.1 | 21 | 27 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 58,461 | | Bromley | 37.8 | 38 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 86,839 | | Camden | 34.2 | 22 | 24 | 22 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 46,870 | | Croydon | 33.6 | 32 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 13 | 80,810 | | Ealing | 33.8 | 26 | 26 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 72,424 | | Enfield | 33.5 | 31 | 24 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 65,085 | | Greenwich | 32.4 | 20 | 26 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 50,631 | | Hackney | 31.6 | 15 | 34 | 12 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 43,715 | | Hammersmith & Fulham | 35.9 | 38 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 40,435 | | Haringey | 32.4 | 15 | 29 | 24 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 48,959 | | Harrow | 38.5 | 33 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 62,350 | | Havering | 34.9 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 14 | 9 | 61,404 | | Hillingdon | 32.9 | 32 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 61,450 | | Hounslow | 30.8 | 28 | 25 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 50,354 | | Islington | 32.3 | 15 | 29 | 19 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 42,452 | | Kensington & Chelsea | 29.3 | 49 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 26,615 | | Kingston upon Thames | 38.1 | 28 | 7 | 28 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 41,626 | | Lambeth | 30.1 | 18 | 28 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 57,600 | | Lewisham | 30.8 | 16 | 26 | 14 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 53,040 | | Merton | 38.1 | 29 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 15 | 49,783 | | Newham | 27.3 | 17 | 41 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 47,577 | | Redbridge | 33.6 | 28 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 16 | 63,145 | | Richmond upon Thames | 41.7 | 33 | 7 | 31 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 53,409 | | Southwark | 30.4 | 15 | 28 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 53,467 | | Sutton | 36.6 | 27 | 7 | 26 | 6 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 48,875 | | Tower Hamlets | 30.9 | 23 | 35 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 45,591 | | Waltham Forest | 32.3 | 20 | 25 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 52,120 | | Wandsworth | 32.2 | 39 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 68,702 | | Westminster | 29.0 | 42 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 36,485 | | London | 33.5 | 27 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 1,751,026 |

### Table 23 Share of votes by borough, 2004

| Borough | Turnout | Conservatives | Labour | Liberal Dems | Greens | UKIP | BNP | Other parties | Total Votes | |--------------------------|---------|----------------|--------|--------------|--------|------|-----|---------------|-------------| | City of London | 38.5 | 32 | 20 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 2,231 | | Barking & Dagenham | 30.8 | 15 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 8 | 35,584 | | Barnet | 41.0 | 37 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 89,881 | | Bexley | 39.4 | 32 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 66,564 | | Brent | 37.4 | 24 | 33 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 61,343 | | Bromley | 43.3 | 37 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 96,884 | | Camden | 36.0 | 22 | 26 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 49,371 | | Croydon | 37.6 | 32 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 89,746 | | Ealing | 39.1 | 23 | 32 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 80,102 | | Enfield | 37.3 | 31 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 69,818 | | Greenwich | 35.1 | 19 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 54,329 | | Hackney | 34.0 | 14 | 35 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 41,213 | | Hammersmith & Fulham | 38.7 | 34 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 41,023 | | Haringey | 36.2 | 16 | 33 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 52,214 | | Harrow | 40.4 | 34 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 63,151 | | Havering | 38.5 | 33 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 66,034 | | Hillingdon | 36.6 | 31 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 65,257 | | Hounslow | 33.2 | 24 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 52,186 | | Islington | 32.4 | 14 | 28 | 21 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 38,301 | | Kensington & Chelsea | 37.5 | 44 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 33,173 | | Kingston upon Thames | 43.9 | 29 | 15 | 26 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 43,108 | | Lambeth | 33.2 | 16 | 32 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 63,075 | | Lewisham | 35.5 | 16 | 33 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 59,371 | | Merton | 41.3 | 27 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 53,310 | | Newham | 33.1 | 13 | 33 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 28 | 54,396 | | Redbridge | 39.6 | 30 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 69,312 | | Richmond upon Thames | 48.2 | 33 | 14 | 26 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 57,194 | | Southwark | 35.2 | 14 | 32 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 58,457 | | Sutton | 38.8 | 30 | 12 | 24 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 50,857 | | Tower Hamlets | 37.4 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 51,130 | | Waltham Forest | 36.8 | 20 | 24 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 13 | 56,748 | | Wandsworth | 37.9 | 33 | 25 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 75,979 | | Westminster | 36.1 | 38 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 44,107 | | London | 37.6 | 27 | 25 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 1,885,449 |

### Table 24 Summary of party votes with share, 2004 and 2009

| Party | 2004 Votes | 2004 % | 2009 Votes | 2009 % | Change Votes | Change % | |--------------------------------------------|------------|--------|------------|--------|--------------|----------| | Conservative Party | 504,941 | 26.8 | 479,037 | 27.4 | -25,904 | 0.6 | | Labour Party | 466,584 | 24.7 | 372,590 | 21.3 | -93,994 | -3.5 | | Liberal Democrats | 288,790 | 15.3 | 240,156 | 13.7 | -48,634 | -1.6 | | Green Party | 158,986 | 8.4 | 190,589 | 10.9 | 31,603 | 2.5 | | UK Independence Party | 232,633 | 12.3 | 188,440 | 10.8 | -44,193 | -1.6 | | British National Party | 76,152 | 4.0 | 86,420 | 4.9 | 10,268 | 0.9 | | Christian Party | 45,038 | 2.4 | 51,336 | 2.9 | 6,298 | 0.5 | | Jan Jananayagam | 50,014 | 2.9 | 50,014 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | | English Democrats Party | 15,945 | 0.8 | 24,477 | 1.4 | 8,532 | 0.6 | | No2EU: Yes To Democracy | 17,758 | 1.0 | 17,758 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | | Socialist Labour Party | 15,306 | 0.9 | 15,306 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 | | Pro Democracy: Libertas.eu | 8,444 | 0.5 | 8,444 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | | Jury Team | 7,284 | 0.4 | 7,284 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | | Steven Cheung | 4,918 | 0.3 | 4,918 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | | The Socialist Party of Great Britain | 4,050 | 0.2 | 4,050 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | | Yes 2 Europe | 3,384 | 0.2 | 3,384 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | | Sohale Rahman | 3,248 | 0.2 | 3,248 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | | Gene Alcantara | 1,972 | 0.1 | 1,972 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | | Haroon Saad | 1,603 | 0.1 | 1,603 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | | Respect - the Unity Coalition | 91,175 | 4.8 | -91,175 | -4.8 | -182,349 | -10.6 | | The People’s Party for Better Government | 5,205 | 0.3 | -5,205 | -0.3 | -10,410 | -0.6 | | Total Party Votes | 1,885,449 | | 1,751,026 | | -134,423 | | | Total Rejected Votes | 17,905 | | 11,374 | | -6,531 | | | Eligible Electors | 5,054,957 | | 5,257,624 | | 202,667 | | | Verified Ballots | 1,903,354 | | 1,763,025 | | -140,329 | | | Turnout | 37.7 | | 33.5 | | -4.2 | | | UK turnout | 38.8 | | 34.3 | | -4.5 | |

### Table 25 Summary of party votes, UK and London, 2009

| Party | UK Votes | UK Share | Change since 2004 | London Votes | London Share | Change since 2004 | |-------------------------------|----------|----------|-------------------|--------------|--------------|------------------| | Conservative Party | 4,198,394| 27.7 | 1.0 | 479,037 | 27.4 | 0.6 | | UK Independence Party | 2,498,226| 16.5 | 0.4 | 188,440 | 10.8 | -1.6 | | Labour Party | 2,381,760| 15.7 | -6.9 | 372,590 | 21.3 | -3.5 | | Liberal Democrats | 2,080,613| 13.7 | -1.2 | 240,156 | 13.7 | -1.6 | | Green Party | 1,303,745| 8.6 | 2.4 | 190,589 | 10.9 | 2.5 | | British National Party | 943,598 | 6.2 | 1.3 | 86,420 | 4.9 | 0.9 | | Scottish National Party | 321,007 | 2.1 | 0.7 | | | | | English Democrats Party | 279,801 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 24,477 | 1.4 | 0.6 | | Christian Party | 249,493 | 1.6 | | 51,336 | 2.9 | 0.5 | | Socialist Labour Party | 173,115 | 1.1 | | 15,306 | 0.9 | | | No2EU: Yes to Democracy | 153,236 | 1.0 | | 17,758 | 1.0 | | | Plaid Cymru | 126,702 | 0.8 | -0.1 | | | | | Jury Team | 78,569 | 0.5 | | 7,284 | 0.4 | | | United Kingdom First | 74,007 | 0.5 | | | | | | Pro Democracy: Libertas.eu | 73,544 | 0.5 | | 8,444 | 0.5 | | | Ind: Jan Jananayagam | 50,014 | 0.3 | | 50,014 | 2.9 | | | Pensioners Party | 37,785 | 0.2 | | | 0.0 | | | Mebyon Kernow | 14,922 | 0.1 | | | | | | Animals Count | 13,201 | 0.1 | | | | | | Scottish Socialist Party | 10,404 | 0.1 | -0.3 | | | | | Ind: Duncan Robertson | 10,189 | 0.1 | | | | | | Ind: Peter Rigby | 9,916 | 0.1 | | | | | | The Peace Party | 9,534 | 0.1 | | | | | | Ind: Katie Hopkins | 8,971 | 0.1 | | | | | | Fair Play Fair Trade Party | 7,151 | 0.0 | | | | | | The Roman Party | 5,450 | 0.0 | | | | | | Ind: Steven Cheung | 4,918 | 0.0 | | 4,918 | 0.3 | | | The Socialist Party of GB | 4,050 | 0.0 | | 4,050 | 0.2 | | | Ind: Francis Apaloo | 3,621 | 0.0 | | | | | | Yes 2 Europe | 3,384 | 0.0 | | 3,384 | 0.2 | | | Ind: Sohale Rahman | 3,248 | 0.0 | | 3,248 | 0.2 | | | Ind: Gene Alcantara | 1,972 | 0.0 | | 1,972 | 0.1 | | | Ind: Haroon Saad | 1,603 | 0.0 | | 1,603 | 0.1 | | | Wai D | 789 | 0.0 | | | | | | Turnout | 15,136,932| -1,306,468| | 1,751,026 | -134,423 | | | Electorate | 44,173,690| 55,237 | | 5,257,624 | 202,667 | | | Turnout % | 34.3 | -4.5 | | 33.5 | -4.1 | |

*NB The change figure is blank where a party did not stand in 2004.*

## Appendix Table A1 Candidates in London

### BNP

- Bob Bailey
- Michael Barnbrook
- Dennis Pearce
- Julian Leppert
- Roberta Woods
- Chris Forster
- John Clarke
- John Evans

### Jury Team

- Reza Tabrizi
- Evan Millner
- Lucy O’Sullivan McCormick
- Afshin Payravi
- Thomas Mulcahy
- Sherif Malak
- David Littlejohn
- Gregory Williams

### Christian Party

- George Hargreaves
- Susan May
- Paula Warren
- Stephen Hammond
- Mary Boyle
- Suzanne Fernandez
- Petar Ljubisic
- David Williams

### Labour

- Claude Moraes
- Mary Honeyball
- Anne Fairweather
- Kevin McGrath
- Emma Jones
- Raj Jethwa
- Nilgun Canver
- Abdul Asad

### Conservative

- Charles Tannock
- Syed Kamall
- Marina Yannakoudakis
- Jean-Paul Floru
- Warwick Lightfoot
- Graham Postles
- Alison Sprule
- Ian Twinn

### English Democrats

- Roger Cooper
- Graham Dare
- Satvinder Singh Chaggar
- Graham Wood
- Arvind Tailor
- Elaine Cheeseman
- David Stevens
- Janus Polenceus

### NO2EU – Yes to Democracy

- Bob Crow
- John Hendy QC
- Mary Davis
- Kevin Nolan
- Syed Islam
- Onay Kasab
- John Rowe
- Nick Wrack

### Green Party

- Jean Lambert
- Ute Michel
- Shahrar Ali
- Joseph Healy
- Miranda Dunn
- Shasha Khan
- John Hunt
- Caroline Allen

### Liberal Democrat

- Sarah Ludford
- Jonathan Fryer
- Dinti Batstone
- Christopher Le Breton
- John Pindar
- Simon James
- Caroline Persson
- Ben Jones

### Pro Democracy: Libertas.eu

- Max Burt
- Susannah Prins
- Peter Lloyd
- Herbert Crossman
- Victoria Wood
- Alan Radlett
- Manesh Padhiar
- Paul Forrester Table A1 continued

**Socialist Labour** Arthur Scargill\
Amanda Rose\
Colin Muir\
Linda Muir\
Ronald Sinclair\
Margaret Sharkey\
Alan Jones\
Carole Whatham

**Yes 2 Europe** Brendan Patrick

**Independent** Gene Alcantara

**Independent** Steven Cheung

**Independent** Jan Jananayagam

**Socialist Party of Great Britain** Danny Lambert\
Tristan Miller\
Janet Carter\
Bill Martin\
Adam Buick\
Simon Wigley\
Frederick Allen\
Patricia Deutz

**Independent** Jan Jananayagam

**Independent** Sohale Rahman

**Independent** Haroon Saad

**UKIP** Gerard Batten\
Ralph Atkinson\
Michael Zuckerman\
Tim Worstall\
Sunita Webb\
Strachan McDonald\
Lawrence Webb\
Anuruddha Reuata Appendix Map A2 The London boroughs Regular Briefings from the GLA Data Management and Analysis Group (DMAG)

Recent DMAG Briefings 2009:

| Briefing Number | Title | Author | |-----------------|------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------| | 2009-01 | Claimant Count Model: 2009 Technical Note | Rachel Leeser | | 2009-02 | GLA 2008 Round Demographic Projections | John Hollis and Jessica Chamberlain | | 2009-03 | Greater London Demographic Review 2007 | John Hollis | | 2009-04 | Census Information Note 2009-1 | Eileen Howes | | 2009-05 | Census Information Note 2009-2 | Eileen Howes | | 2009-06 | 2001 Census Consortium and Information Scheme | Eileen Howes | | 2009-07 | 2009 European election results for London | Gareth Piggott | | 2009-08 | 2008 Round Ethnic Group Projections | Ed Klodawski |

Recent DMAG Briefings 2008:

| Briefing Number | Title | Author | |-----------------|------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------| | 2008-07 | GLA 2007 Round Demographic Projections | John Hollis | | 2008-08 | Greater London Authority Constituency Profiles | Elizabeth Williams & Caroline Hall | | 2008-09 | Family Resources Survey 2005/06: Results for London | Lovedeep Vaid | | 2008-10 | London Borough Migration 2001-06 | John Hollis | | 2008-11 | Social Exclusion Data Team Workplan 2008/09 | Social Exclusion Data Team | | 2008-12 | Demography Team Workplan 2008/09 | John Hollis | | 2008-13 | Education Team Workplan 2008/09 | David Ewens | | 2008-14 | Census Team Workplan 2008/09 | Eileen Howes | | 2008-15 | 2001 Census Profiles: Black Caribbeans in London | Richard Cameron | | 2008-16 | GIS Team Workplan 2008/09 | Gareth Baker | | 2008-17 | Lone Parents on Income Support by Ethnic Group | Lovedeep Vaid | | 2008-18 | Schools Key Facts and Trends 2003-07 | Shen Cheng | | 2008-19 | 2008 Elections results summary | Gareth Piggott | | 2008-20 | SASPAC Workplan 2008/09 | Alan Lewis | | 2008-21 | Indices of Deprivation 2007: A London perspective | Rachel Leeser | | 2008-22 | London Ward Level Summary Measures for the Indices of Deprivation 2007 | Rachel Leeser | | 2008-23 | General Statistics Team Workplan 2008/09 | Gareth Piggott | | 2008-24 | 2001 Census: Ethnic Group Migration Structures (as used in Model) | Baljit Bains/Ed Klodawski | | 2008-25 | Census Information Note 2008-2 | Eileen Howes | | 2008-26 | London Council By-Election Results, May 2006 to July 2008 | Gareth Piggott | | 2008-27 | Social Selection, Social Sorting and Education: “Missing” Children | David Ewens | | 2008-28 | Summary of Social Trends 2008 | Elizabeth Williams | | 2008-29 | Children in Benefit Families 2007 | Lovedeep Vaid | | 2008-30 | Londoners and the Labour Market: Key Facts | Lorna Spence | | 2008-31 | Child Poverty In London: 2008 Update | Social Exclusion Data Team | | 2008-32 | Census Information Note 2008-3 | Eileen Howes | | 2008-33 | Paycheck 2008 | Lovedeep Vaid | | 2008-34 | Background Poverty Profiles | Lovedeep Vaid |

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